Exam 10: Section 1: Emotional Development

Describe the most likely pattern of later social adjustment for children with high levels of fearful distress. How does family environment influence this association? In addition, how might children's high levels of fearful distress influence parental socialization? Describe how this reciprocal relationship between temperament and parental socialization might influence children's later social functioning.

Describe your own temperament in terms of these dimensions: (1) fearful distress, (2) irritable distress, (3) attention span and persistence, (4) activity level, (5) positive affect, and (6) rhythmicity. Do you think your temperament has remained stable throughout your life, or are there dimensions on which you have greatly changed since infancy? Provide supportive examples.